Product Description

A failed revolutionary attempt drives the European Abel to seek refuge in the virgin forests of southwestern Venezuela. There, in the "green mansion" of the title, Abel encounters the wood-nymph Rima, the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. The bird-girl's ethereal presence captivates him completely, but the love that flowers between them is soon blighted by cruelty and sorrow.

A master of natural history writing, W. H. Hudson forms an important link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and the twentieth-century ecological movement. First published in 1904 and still a best-seller after its reissue a dozen years later, the book owes much of its popularity to the mystic, near-religious feeling that pervades the story and to the beauty of Rima's halting, poetic expressions. Exploring a love somewhere between reality and imagination, Green Mansions offers its readers a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #122274 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781585679485
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Childhood Memories
I read this book when I was in the 7th grade. So,although that was 50 years ago. perhaps I should have identified myself as being under 13. I was mesmerized by the beauty of Hudson's prose and perhaps I was also in love with the beautiful, innocent and ultimately tragic heroine Rima. I suppose I'll have to read the book again to see if it stands up. But I recommend it now for any dreamy, romantic 11 year old who wants to read something different from the admirable Harry Potter series.